There is more than one artist with this name: 1) The Virgins are an American indie rock band formed in 2005 based in New York City, New York. They have toured with Jet and opened for Sonic Youth and Patti Smith. The Virgins were formed after a Ryan McGinley photo shoot brought together Donald Cumming and Wade Oates to work on tracks Cumming had begun. The two other members joined shortly after; Erik Ratensperger, and Nick Ackerman. ...show more

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) The Virgins are an American indie rock band formed in 2005 based in New York City, New York. They have toured with Jet and opened for Sonic Youth and Patti Smith. The Virgins were formed after a Ryan McGinley photo shoot brought together Donald Cumming and Wade Oates to work on tracks Cumming had begun. The two other members joined shortly after; Erik Ratensperger, and Nick Ackerman.

The Virgins have gained popularity recently due to the CW show Gossip Girl featuring five of their songs in one episode and recent participation in SXSW. Erik Ratensperger left the band at the end of 2008 and has since been replaced with Kevin [last name unknown as of yet]. http://www.myspace.com/thevirginsnyc http://www.thevirgins.net/ 2) The Virgins was a band from Sweden/Iceland. http://www.thevirgins.se http://www.myspace.com/thecurseofthevirgins 3) The Virgins - Australian punk band from 1979.

There is an Australian band which formed in Melbourne Australia in 1979 by Mike Chrystal and Mark Ivey. The band has infested the Australian punk scene since then. The band played original seventies punk and reformed on a number of occassions until the death of the singer Mark Ivey in 2007. The band also has a number of incarnations sometimes under the name White Elephants. ...show less